Carine Roitfeld and Emmanuelle Alt created one of the biggest editorial of French Vogue history:  ‘ADN de la Mode‘, shot by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, every single models is present, wearing the key pieces of every single high-end designers, and if you are wonder how they booked everyone ?! Easy, during Paris Fashion Week, when pretty much everyone was in town for the runways. One outfit (or two) per model, simple background, nice lighting and that’s it! Each look creates an iconic image that embodies each designer…SEE FULL 38 PAGES EDITORIAL HERE

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What a sick Rock n’ Roll Editorial featuring Kate Moss photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin for French Vogue April 08 – And another beautiful example of art direction by Emmanuelle Alt. Rock n’ Roll baby ! Rock n’ Roll !

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Ha Paris.  Paris, my Hometown, is pretty well represented in this A Toutes Jambes editorial with Anja Rubik shot by Terry Richardson and art directed by Emmanuelle Alt for Vogue Paris June/July 09.

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wow wow wow ~ There is absolutely no excuse to avoid picking up The December/January issue of French Vogue. Inside the issue is the most brilliant insert of a 2009 pin-up calender shot by Terry Richardson and styled by Carine Roitfeld.  It will be on the news stands for the next 2 months, but do not procrastinate, especially if you are in the US because distribution is limited here. Jourdan Dunn is a sexy nurse, Ali Michael a sexy cheerleader, Eniko Mihalik graces the cover as sexy kitten — Carine even included a spread for the solar months, with patrons saints Alber (Elbaz), Gareth (Pugh), Lara (Stone), and their ilk celebrated

Thanks to Grazia for the pics

Bringing you a healthy dose of our favorite Cindy via the October issue of French Vogue. I dont know which is a better way to set this statement up but it seems that in this shoot by Inez & Vinoodh, Carine Rothfield is living pretty vicariously through Cindy. I think the opening shot says it all.

images via Style Noir

French Vogue featured a BEAUTIFUL Cover with Vanessa Paradis by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott. (Mert & Marcus). This issue features also Eniko Mihalik photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Anna Selezneva and Eva Herzigova by Mario Sorrenti, Vanessa Paradis by Mert & Marcus, Raquel Zimmermann by Ryan McGinley, Penelope Tree by Bruce Weber, Cindy Crawford by Inez & Vinoodh and Adriana Lima by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, among others. A Must Have issue !!

Guy Bourdin was born in Paris on the 2nd of December 1928. His father was Spanish and his mother Belgium. His parents separated when he was still an infant and his father still only 18. He went to live with his paternal grandparents who had a house in Normandy and a restaurant in Paris named Brasserie Bourdin. His father remarried and Guy moved back with him and his step-siblings. Under the Guise of doing his homework he would sketch on the napkins. There were two telephone booths side by side in the Brasserie Bourdin and every time mother called, his father or stepmother would lock him in one of them so he could speak to her. This made him terribly angry in later life and he would often tell this story. He only saw her once. she came into the restaurant and gave him a present. His abiding memory was of a made-up elegant Parisienne with pale skin and pale red hair. Hence the reason why women with pale skin and red hair haunted his pictures years later.

BOURDIN who died in March of 1991, at the age of sixty-two is, unlike his contemporaries Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton, scarcely known to the general public; within the worlds of photography and fashion, however, he is something of a legend. Read the full story